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Garlic Flöha does originate in Flöha in the East of Germany not far from the Czech/Polish border, but it is not available in Germany!  It was taken to Canada and came back from there.  It is however preserved in the Gatersleben seed bank.  From where Vreeken Zaden got it.  And made it commercially available in the Netherlands.  They write: 

"One of the newer Porcelain varieties in our assortment. Floha originates from the former East Germany. This one was carefully preserved by the gene bank IPG Gatersleben Germany under number ALL264. You can expect a medium-sized bulb with an average of 6 cloves per bulb. The yield increases during warm and sunny summers. In the kitchen, this is a versatile garlic: not too spicy but with a long aftertaste...

How delicious can also be beautiful... (or vice versa). This tasty member of the garlic family grows with one or more curls in the stem and is (therefore) particularly decorative. Spiral garlic is called hardneck garlic in English and is generally more robust in flavor than the so-called softneck varieties.

https://www.vreeken.nl/products/306255-1?_pos=1&_psq=fl%C3%B6ha&_psid=6ace16e9c&_ss=e

Honeynut Squash what a fabulous breeding story.  See wikipedia.  And it is a fertile interspecies variety too.  Mazourek who finally developed it, is of course well known for his Beauregarde Mangetout Pea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeynut_squash#:~:text=Honeynut%20squash%20is%20a%20butternut,and%20becomes%20sweeter%20and%20richer.
 

Both would be welcome Jan, thank you.

Yes please to both Jan, thanks for offering.
No idea why, but C. baccatum seems to do the best for me out of all the species.


Also, adding another variety to the list - Honeynut Squash.
The hand-pollinated fruit yielded more seed than expected 

Hampshire seed company is good too , with backup YouTube info , the dahlia ones especially.

Yes please to the bulbils, thank you.

I have some bulbils of a hardneck variety called Floha. It's a German porcelain hard-necked variety. Would anyone like some bulbils? Please say if you would and I'll just divide them between any who think they would like to grow them on.

I have also offered the chill pepper Champion (CAP 334). My seed supply is a bit limited so again I'd like for anyone to opt in and just say if you'd like a few seeds to give it a go. It would need cover to ripen in time and the plants are on the big side. But they produce lovely bell-shaped chillis. A good opportunity for one of my favourite photos! I do like plant photos as you might have noticed!

I find online browsing just as good and soul therapy for grey days.  Loved the Vital seeds catalogue. 

Plants of Distinction and especially Chilterns Seeds do wonderful catalogues, bright floral photography to get you through the cold dark days of winter.

Well done you and your creativity.